About
Teen Health Research is mission-driven. We want to modernize sex education by offering online, inclusive, evidence-based programs to improve adolescent sexual and relationship health.
Dr. Laura Widman
Founder & CEO
Dr. Laura Widman (she/her) is a licensed clinical psychologist and a Professor of Psychology at North Carolina State University. She has nearly 20 years of experience as an adolescent sexuality researcher, sex educator, and digital health intervention developer. Her goal is to help adolescents and families communicate more openly about sexuality to foster happier, healthier relationships and reduce sexual risks like unplanned pregnancy, HIV, and other STDs. Dr. Widman has published over 90 peer-reviewed articles and her work has appeared in outlets such as The New York Times, Today, Huffington Post, and TIME Magazine. She is also an author on the best-selling undergraduate textbook in human sexuality, Our Sexuality.
Meet the Team
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Sabrina Percher
Business Lead
Sabrina Percher is the Business Lead at Teen Health Research. She has over 15 years of experience in business development and sales. She also has extensive experience as co-founder and COO of an auto-tech startup. She is providing invaluable insight into the startup ecosystem to guide our scaling and growth efforts. She also leads our business development, fundraising, strategic planning, and commercialization efforts. She further oversees budget and compliance. For business related questions, you can reach Ms. Percher at sabrina@teenhealthresearch.com
Expert Advisors
We have a team of expert advisors guiding many aspects of business and product development. These include an advisory board of parents and kids, as well as pediatricians, computer scientists, psychologists, sex educations, learning designers, web developers, and business mentors.